"A good man does not spy around..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.
More by Marcus Aurelius
“It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.”
“Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.”
“When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.”
More on Focus
“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”
“Working on a weakness within a strength zone will always produce positive results. Working on a weakness outside of the strength zone will not.”
“Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.”
More on Character
“What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the same time sunk to the passionless depths of hard-heartedness?”
“Avarice is more directly opposed to thrift than generosity is.”
“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.”